Rob& Chyna: the saddest establish on TV

The format of this dreadfully dull show is identical to others of the Kardashian empire: wearisome backgrounds of beings sitting in kitchens not devouring cheese plates

Is there a least qualified actuality appearance virtuoso than Rob Kardashian? If you lined up 10 beings from the throwing document of A& Es Intervention and Rob Kardashian and had to choose one to base an ongoing tv series around, would you ever pick him unless you are familiar with his last name? Isnt this a tragedy? Shouldnt we all be more upset?

Sunday nighttimes debut of the new E! line Rob& Chyna celebrates the return of the black sheep Kardashian to the public eye. Hes expended years of his life unwilling to leave his room, which stimulated him to addition( his terms) a clutch of heavines. He ogles less comfortable obligating seeing linked with other human being than the little orphan daughter Newt from the movie Aliens. A Los Angeles Dodgers hat covers whats left of the poorest of the poor people thin, unkempt “hairs-breadth”. His wardrobe contained in T-shirts , nondescript jeans and sneakers. In other messages, when I watch this astoundingly depressing platform, I consider myself and what I might become( minus the millions of dollars ).

The first few minutes of Rob& Chyna intend to see us sympathize with Rob and his pregnant fiancee Blac Chyna. As an digression, isnt it a little bit gruesome that Blac Chyna disappears almost entirely by the refer Chyna in the first chapter now that the original Chyna the former WWE wrestler has died? Its like ransacking through someones jewelry after a funeral.

Regardless of what you call her, Blac Chyna is the actual wizard of this indicate, even if her identify is second on the marquee. She came up from the world-famous strip squads of Atlanta and became something of an entrepreneur, at least in accordance with the rules that we characterize that text in 2016. She took the Kardashian template of monetizing tabloid villainy through a sect of identity social media ubiquity, branded makes, and now, the final portion of the question, an E! world franchise. Shes become a major supporting player in the ongoing Kardashian meta-narrative having a baby with the rapper Tyga, who then leaves her for Kylie Jenner, which leads to Chyna join troops with Rob. Whether or not her relationship with Rob is genuine or a calculated effort to increase her earning potential is not for me to decide (* cough its bullshit cough *) but what is is whether or not this Tv show is good. Its not.

I said here today that the producers of Rob& Chyna( which include the titular Rob and Chyna among their ranks) do try to spice things up. Scott Disick appears in the role of Robs only friend in the entire world and his chauffeur, schlepping him around Los Angeles like a pasty white-hot Morgan Freeman from Driving Miss Daisy. Theres a memorable background where Rob moves into Chynas home in full Eeyore mode, carrying flowers to apologize for texting bitches. Chyna isnt having it, grabs the flowers, chucks them in a pond, then knocks Rob out of her home. This is the turning point of the alleged story, as the other members of the episode involves Chyna trying to get Rob to text her back, as she has apparently forgotten that she screamed at him to leave her alone while pee-pee all over his nostalgic gesticulate. Im sure Rob Kardashian, AKA Calabasas Morrissey, certainly took that well.

Finally, Kris Jenner, matriarch of the extended Kardashian family and former nemesis of Blac Chyna, appears to counsel Chyna on how to handle Rob. Jenner is shown to be so wise that I half expected her to have grown a whisker, picked up a large rod, and hurled on a pointy hat off-screen. Much has been made of how Blac Chyna is so cunning and took down the Kardashians by getting engaged to Rob. Thats a nifty little underdog narrative, but if you think that Kris Jenner isnt inventive enough to use this to her advantage and will be the eventual winner of this dim-witted rivalry, then you arent paying attention to the appearance. Thats fine, since it probably obligated you pass out from apathy, but the facts of the case remains that one of the last faces you see in this first occurrence is Kris Jenner. The whole moronic organization is hers and hers alone. Chyna can have a piece, as long as she offer her taxes to her feudal lord.

And then theres Rob. At last, they found a mode to monetize his mopey face and wrinkled clothes. Instead of a Shrek-like mortal they preserve locked away in a basement, he has his own testify, which only furthers the aims of his family. In exchange, this husband who perhaps has real clinical depression has to pretend to be a TV hotshot. By accident, E! has stumbled upon the saddest substantiate on tv, so fitted with existential desperation that youd premise it was drummed up by a government-funded writer in some sodden Scandinavian country over a bottle of cheap scotch. If “youre watching” more than one of the following options occurrences, youll possibly find yourself not leaving the house for years, just like Rob Kardashian.